University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a public research university whose main campus lies in unincorporated Orange County near Orlando, Florida, United States, and it is placed in the 731-740 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.中佛罗里达大学是一所公立研究型大学，主校区位于美国佛罗里达州奥兰多附近的奥兰治县非建制地区，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 731-740 区间。

Founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University and opened in 1968, it was renamed in December 1978, and with 70,674 students in the autumn of 2025 it has the second-largest on-campus student body of any public university in the United States.该校 1963 年以佛罗里达科技大学之名创办、1968 年开课，1978 年 12 月更名；2025 年秋季学期有 70,674 名在校生，其校内学生规模在美国公立大学中位居第二。

It offers more than 230 degree programmes through thirteen colleges, has awarded over 450,000 degrees since opening, is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research spending, and its OpenAlex record lists 91,004 research works and 4,763,160 citations.该校通过十三个学院开设 230 余个学位项目，自开办以来已授予逾 45 万个学位，被列为科研支出极高的 R1 级博士大学；其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 91,004 项、被引 4,763,160 次。

History

• The Florida Legislature authorised a new public university in east-central Florida on 10 June 1963, when Governor Farris Bryant signed Senate Bill No. 125, and local officials had lobbied for the campus as the population and the workforce around the Space Coast grew in the early 1960s.1963 年 6 月 10 日，佛罗里达州州长法里斯·布赖恩特签署第 125 号参议院法案，批准在佛罗里达中东部创办一所新的公立大学；1960 年代初，随着太空海岸一带人口与劳动力增长，当地官员一直为设立该校奔走。

• Former Senate President William A. Shands and Senator Beth Johnson were among the bill's principal backers, and the institution was founded as a coeducational state university with the mission of educating students for space-age careers in engineering and other technological professions.前参议院议长威廉·A·尚兹与参议员贝丝·约翰逊是该法案的主要推动者；该校以男女同校的州立大学形式创办，使命是为工程等技术职业培养太空时代所需的人才。

• On 24 January 1964 the Florida Board of Regents bought 1,000 acres of undeveloped land along Alafaya Trail in north-east Orange County for 500,000 dollars, and area residents later donated another 227 acres and helped raise more than one million dollars toward the site.1964 年 1 月 24 日，佛罗里达州校董会以 50 万美元购得奥兰治县东北部阿拉法亚小径沿线 1,000 英亩未开发土地；当地居民其后又捐出 227 英亩，并为校址筹措逾 100 万美元。

• In December 1965 the board appointed Charles Millican as the university's first president, who after consulting a citizen advisory group selected the name Florida Technological University, designed the Pegasus seal and introduced the motto Reach for the Stars with the paired slogans accent on excellence and accent on the individual.1965 年 12 月，校董会任命查尔斯·米利肯为该校首任校长；他征询市民顾问团意见后选定佛罗里达科技大学之名，设计了珀伽索斯校徽，并提出校训「Reach for the Stars（志在星辰）」以及「卓越至上」与「个体至上」两句并列表语。

• Millican laid out the main campus as a set of pedestrian rings inside a loop road, a plan later compared to mid-century planned-community design, and he and Governor Claude Kirk broke ground in March 1967.米利肯把主校区规划为环路之内的一系列人行环道，这一布局后来被比作 20 世纪中期的规划社区设计；他与州长克劳德·柯克于 1967 年 3 月主持破土动工。

• Classes opened on 7 October 1968 with 1,948 students in 55 degree programmes across five colleges, 90 instructors and about 150 staff members, and the institution opened with five colleges rather than as a federal laboratory school.该校 1968 年 10 月 7 日开课，五个学院共开设 55 个学位项目，有 1,948 名学生、90 名教师与约 150 名职员；它以五个学院的建制开办，而非作为联邦实验室式院校。

• From the start it drew students interested in engineering jobs tied to the Kennedy Space Center and area defence contractors, and its first graduating class of 423 students received degrees on 14 June 1970, when the astronaut and Orlando native John Young spoke at commencement.该校自开办起便吸引了有志于肯尼迪航天中心与当地国防承包商工程岗位的学生；1970 年 6 月 14 日，首个毕业班 423 人获授学位，航天员、奥兰多本地人约翰·扬在毕业典礼上致辞。

• Millican chose the school colours, and after an early unofficial mascot called the Citronaut, an orange-astronaut hybrid, and a short-lived Vincent the Vulture period, students voted in 1971 for the Knight of Pegasus as the athletic mascot, with the teams later known as the Golden Knights and then the Knights.校色由米利肯选定；在早期名为「Citronaut」的橙子与航天员混合形象以及短暂的「秃鹫文森特」之后，学生在 1971 年投票选定「珀伽索斯骑士」为体育吉祥物，球队其后先后称「金骑士」与「骑士」。

• Trevor Colbourn, the second president from 1978, saw strong business, education and liberal arts programmes develop and concluded that the name no longer reflected the mission, and in December 1978 Governor Reubin Askew signed legislation renaming the school the University of Central Florida.1978 年上任的第二任校长特雷弗·科尔本见证商科、教育与文科项目蓬勃发展，认定原校名已不再贴合使命；1978 年 12 月，州长鲁宾·阿斯丘签署法案，把校名改为中佛罗里达大学。

• Colbourn established the honours programme, started the first satellite campus and was responsible for constructing the Central Florida Research Park beside the campus in 1978, which became a major focus of simulation for space and defence-related research.科尔本创办荣誉项目、设立首个分校，并于 1978 年主持建设紧邻校园的中佛罗里达研究园，该园其后成为太空与国防相关仿真研究的重镇。

• Among the university's first partners were Lockheed Martin and the United States Navy, and Colbourn led the push to found both the Institute for Simulation and Training and the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers in 1986, while enrolment rose from 11,000 in 1978 to over 18,000 in 1989.该校最早的合作伙伴包括洛克希德·马丁与美国海军；科尔本推动于 1986 年创办仿真与训练研究所以及光学与激光研究与教育中心，在校生则从 1978 年的 11,000 人增至 1989 年的 18,000 余人。

• Colbourn also established the football programme in 1979, which began an era of growth for the university, and in April 1979 the university awarded its 15,000th degree.科尔本还在 1979 年设立橄榄球项目，为学校开启了一个增长期；1979 年 4 月，该校颁发了第 15,000 个学位。

• John C. Hitt became the fourth president in March 1992, when enrolment was 20,302, and once known mainly as a small commuter and technology school the university raised admissions standards, increased research funding, built new facilities and moved towards a more traditional research university.约翰·C·希特于 1992 年 3 月出任第四任校长，当时在校生为 20,302 人；这所曾以小规模通勤型技术院校闻名的大学提高了录取标准、增加科研经费、兴建新设施，并向更传统的研究型大学转型。

• By 2014, 60,821 students attended classes on 12 campuses across central Florida, the university consisted of 13 colleges and employed more than 10,150 faculty and staff, and in spring 2010 it awarded its 200,000th degree, less than five years after awarding its 150,000th.到 2014 年，已有 60,821 名学生在佛罗里达中部的 12 个校区就读，全校设 13 个学院、雇员逾 10,150 人；2010 年春季，该校颁发了第 200,000 个学位，距颁出第 150,000 个学位不到五年。

• Its athletics also grew, with an on-campus football stadium, a new basketball arena, more on-campus housing and the College of Medicine at Lake Nona, and until 1999 the Knights were represented by a jouster from the Medieval Times dinner show in nearby Kissimmee.其体育事业同步扩张，建成校内橄榄球场、新篮球馆、更多校内宿舍以及诺纳湖的医学院；直到 1999 年，骑士队的形象一直由邻近基西米「中世纪时代」晚宴秀的一名马上枪术骑士担任。

• Knightro was introduced in 1999 at Spirit Splash, the homecoming tradition, and in August 2018 the state university system's board of governors and the Florida Legislature opened an investigation into the university for misuse of state funds.吉祥物「奈特罗」于 1999 年在返校节传统活动「Spirit Splash」上首次亮相；2018 年 8 月，州立大学系统理事会与佛罗里达州议会就该校滥用州资金一事启动调查。

• On 13 September 2018 the university admitted to misappropriating money intended for educational and operating expenses to build the 38 million dollar Trevor Colbourn Hall, leading to the resignation of its chief financial officer Bill Merck.2018 年 9 月 13 日，该校承认挪用本应用于教育与运营开支的资金，兴建造价 3,800 万美元的特雷弗·科尔本楼，首席财务官比尔·默克因此辞职。

• In January 2019 it severed ties with President Emeritus John Hitt after the investigation proved that the university had misspent or planned to misspend over 85 million dollars between 2013 and 2018, and the newly appointed president Dale Whittaker resigned in February 2019 after just seven months in office.2019 年 1 月，调查证实该校在 2013 至 2018 年间已滥用或计划滥用逾 8,500 万美元，学校遂与荣休校长约翰·希特断绝关系；新任校长戴尔·惠特克就任仅七个月，便于 2019 年 2 月辞职。

• The board of trustees chairman Marcos Marchena also resigned that month, and in August 2019 the final report on further construction projects put the balance of misdirected funds between July 2010 and August 2018 at 99.61 million dollars, with the university fined 120 per cent of the cost of the misused funds.校董会主席马科斯·马切纳同月辞职；2019 年 8 月，关于其他建设项目的最终报告认定，2010 年 7 月至 2018 年 8 月间被挪用的资金余额为 9,961 万美元，该校被州政府按挪用金额的 120% 处以罚款。

• Alexander Cartwright became the fifth and current president on 13 April 2020, succeeding the acting president Thad Seymore, who had taken over after Whittaker's resignation in February 2019.亚历山大·卡特赖特于 2020 年 4 月 13 日出任第五任、也就是现任校长，接替在惠特克 2019 年 2 月辞职后代理校务的临时校长萨德·西摩。

Academics

• The university is organised into thirteen colleges offering 101 baccalaureate programmes, 88 master's programmes, 31 doctoral programmes, three specialist programmes and a professional programme in medicine, with 41 separate degree-granting departments and schools.该校设十三个学院，开设 101 个学士项目、88 个硕士项目、31 个博士项目、三个专家学位项目以及一个医学专业学位项目，下设 41 个可授予学位的系与学院。

• By enrolment its three largest undergraduate units are the College of Sciences, the College of Business Administration and the Health Professions and Sciences, while the College of Graduate Studies serves as the central administrative unit of graduate education.按在读人数计，其三个最大的本科单位是理学院、工商管理学院与健康职业与科学学院；研究生院则是研究生教育的中央管理单位。

• Seventy-five per cent of the faculty hold doctorates and 46 per cent are tenured, and the university is classified as a large four-year, primarily nonresidential institution with a comprehensive doctoral graduate programme and highest research activity.该校 75% 的教师拥有博士学位、46% 为终身职；它被归类为「大型四年制、以非住宿为主」的院校，设有综合性博士研究生项目，科研活动等级为最高档。

• The Burnett Honors College administers a university honours programme designed for 500 accomplished incoming undergraduates each year, who take smaller classes with faculty and may pursue individual research, and its Honors in the Major track lets juniors and seniors write an undergraduate honours thesis.伯内特荣誉学院每年为 500 名成绩优异的入学新生提供大学荣誉项目，学生可参与规模更小的师授课程并开展个人研究；其「专业荣誉」路径允许大三、大四学生撰写本科荣誉论文。

• The College of Medicine was established in 2006 by the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors, welcomed its charter class of 41 students on 3 August 2009 and will eventually produce about 120 medical graduates a year.医学院由佛罗里达州议会与州校董会于 2006 年设立，2009 年 8 月 3 日迎来 41 名首届学生，最终每年将培养约 120 名医学毕业生。

• With more than 4,300 applications for 41 places, the college broke the state university record for applications and in 2009 was the most selective medical school in the country, and its initial class had the highest average MCAT score of 32.2 and GPA of 3.8 of any incoming medical class in Florida.该院以逾 4,300 份申请争夺 41 个名额，创下州立大学申请量纪录，2009 年时为全美录取最挑剔的医学院；首届学生的平均 MCAT 成绩 32.2、平均 GPA 3.8，均居佛罗里达各医学院新生之首。

• Every member of that inaugural class received a full scholarship covering tuition and basic living expenses for four years, valued at over 160,000 dollars, and the class had a median age of 28 with a quarter of its members from out of state.首届学生人人获得涵盖学费与基本生活费的全额奖学金，四年总额逾 16 万美元；该班学生年龄中位数为 28 岁，四分之一来自州外。

• Among the colleges, a number of undergraduate programmes are termed limited access programmes, where demand exceeds available resources so that admission is competitive and separate from admission to the university itself.在诸学院中，若干本科项目被称为「限额招生项目」，其需求超过可提供资源，因而录取竞争激烈，且须在大学统一录取之外另行申请。

• Examples include programmes taught under the Nicholson School of Communication and the music, theatre, dance and medical laboratory sciences schools or departments, and arts programmes require competitive auditions that keep their undergraduate cohorts small.此类项目包括尼科尔森传播学院开设的项目以及音乐、戏剧、舞蹈与医学检验科学等院系的项目；艺术类项目还须通过竞争性试演，其本科在读人数因而很少。

• The libraries hold over 2.2 million print volumes, 3.2 million microforms, 330,000 government documents, 10,000 full-text electronic journal subscriptions, 660,000 e-books and 40,000 media titles, with notable collections on the West Indies, leftist pamphlets and book arts.该校图书馆系统藏有逾 220 万册印刷本、320 万件缩微资料、33 万份政府文件、1 万种全文电子期刊、66 万种电子书与 4 万种媒体资料，其中以西印度群岛、左翼小册子与书籍艺术等特藏著称。

• Most of the print and media collection is housed in the five-storey John C. Hitt Library, the first academic building on campus, which was dedicated in 2012 to honour the fourth president and displays Leonardo Nierman's sculpture Flame of Hope and his stained glass Genesis window.大部分印刷与媒体藏品存于五层的约翰·C·希特图书馆——该校首座学术建筑，2012 年为纪念第四任校长而命名，馆外陈列莱昂纳多·尼尔曼的雕塑《希望之火》，三层展出其彩色玻璃作品《创世》。

• A 64.4 million dollar expansion adding 212,400 square feet and an Automated Retrieval System was approved by the board of trustees, and in 2022 the library began its 21st Century Library Project, a multi-phased plan to add learning, technology and collaboration space.校董会批准了一项 6,440 万美元的扩建计划，将新增 212,400 平方英尺空间与一套自动检索系统；2022 年图书馆启动「21 世纪图书馆计划」，分多期增设学习、技术与协作空间。

• Research is conducted across the thirteen colleges with partners such as Lockheed Martin, Disney, Boeing, L3Harris, Siemens and SpaceX, and the university runs a satellite campus in Cocoa near the Kennedy Space Center and belongs to the Florida High Tech Corridor Council.其研究由十三个学院与洛克希德·马丁、迪士尼、波音、L3Harris、西门子、SpaceX 等伙伴共同开展；该校在肯尼迪航天中心附近的科科设有一个分校区，并是佛罗里达高科技走廊理事会的成员。

• According to the National Science Foundation it spent 215.3 million dollars on research and development in 2018, ranking 107th in the nation, and its centres include the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, the Florida Solar Energy Center and the Institute for Simulation and Training.据美国国家科学基金会统计，该校 2018 年研发支出为 2.153 亿美元，居全美第 107 位；其研究中心包括光学与激光研究与教育中心、佛罗里达太阳能中心以及仿真与训练研究所。

• It founded and governs the Florida Space Institute with government partners such as NASA, seventeen of its researchers have had asteroids named after them, its researchers found and named the planet UCF-1.01 in 2012, and it manages the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center.该校与 NASA 等政府伙伴共同创办并管理佛罗里达太空研究所，其 17 位研究人员拥有以自己命名的小行星；其研究人员于 2012 年发现并命名行星 UCF-1.01，该校还管理着美国国家天文与电离层中心。

Campus

• The main campus lies in the University census-designated place along Alafaya Trail east of Orlando, about 13 miles from downtown Orlando, and is designed on a pedestrian-oriented series of concentric circles.其主校区位于奥兰多以东阿拉法亚小径沿线的「大学」普查指定地区，距奥兰多市中心约 13 英里，整体采用以步行为导向的同心圆布局。

• The outermost circle is Gemini Boulevard, also the main road for campus traffic, inside which lie Apollo Circle, Mercury Circle and finally the innermost Pegasus Circle, which contains the student union with the John C. Hitt Library directly to its south.最外圈的杰米尼大道也是校园机动车主路，其内依次为阿波罗环、水星环，最内圈是珀伽索斯环；学生活动中心即位于该环之内，约翰·C·希特图书馆就在其正南。

• All academic buildings stand inside Gemini, divided into pie-shaped sections for each college, and because there are few roads inside Gemini many loading docks are reachable only by sidewalk and thus receive most deliveries at night.所有教学楼都位于杰米尼大道之内，按学院划分为扇形区块；由于大道内部道路极少，许多卸货口只能经人行道抵达，因此多数送货安排在夜间进行。

• The campus is one of only two in the nation with a concentric circle design, the other being the University of California, Irvine, and Newsweek ranked UCF the 20th most beautiful university campus in the country in 2011.该校校园是全美仅有的两处同心圆式校园之一，另一处是加利福尼亚大学欧文分校；《新闻周刊》2011 年把它评为全美第 20 美的大学校园。

• Student housing runs along the perimeter, with Greek communities and residences on the north-west side, Knights Plaza and its uptown-style athletic village on the north, and the Arboretum of the University of Central Florida and the engineering wing on the east.学生宿舍沿校园外缘分布：西北侧为希腊社团区与宿舍，北侧为骑士广场及其「上城」式体育村，东侧为中佛罗里达大学树木园与工程区。

• The south side holds recreation and wellness facilities, a leisure pool, a recreation park and more student housing, and directly south of the main campus is the Central Florida Research Park, the seventh largest research park in the nation and the largest in Florida.南侧设有康乐与健康设施、休闲泳池、休闲公园与更多学生宿舍；主校区正南即中佛罗里达研究园，它是全美第七大、佛罗里达最大的研究园。

• The research park houses over 116 corporations and provides more than 10,000 jobs to over 500 students and thousands of alumni, and its 2,700 Department of Defense and NASA personnel belong to organisations managing 5.2 billion dollars in contracts each year.该研究园入驻逾 116 家企业，为 500 余名在校生与数千名校友提供 10,000 多个岗位；园内 2,700 名国防部与 NASA 人员所属机构每年管理 52 亿美元合同。

• Students are housed in eight different communities holding over 12,000 on-campus residents, with residence-hall suites in the Libra, Apollo, Hercules, Nike and Neptune communities sharing bathrooms between two or three rooms rather than in communal blocks.校内八个住宿社区住有 12,000 余名学生；利布拉、阿波罗、赫拉克勒斯、耐克与尼普顿社区的宿舍套间由两到三个房间共用卫生间，而非使用公共盥洗设施。

• Apartment-style housing is available in the Academic Village, the Towers at Knights Plaza, the Lake Claire Courtyard Apartments and NorthView, which houses 600 students and includes a Hillel Jewish Student Center and a Catholic Student Center.公寓式住宿分布于学术村、骑士广场塔楼、克莱尔湖庭院公寓与北景社区；北景住有 600 名学生，内设希勒尔犹太学生中心与天主教学生中心。

• About 3,750 further beds are available at the university-affiliated Knights Circle and The Pointe at Central, owned by the University of Central Florida Foundation and managed by Asset Living, and Greek housing in Greek Park holds close to 500 beds.该校附属的骑士圈与中央角两处社区另提供约 3,750 个床位，产权属中佛罗里达大学基金会、由 Asset Living 管理；希腊公园的希腊社团宿舍则有近 500 个床位。

• A 15-acre campus opened in downtown Orlando in 2019 in collaboration with Valencia West, including the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons, Union West student housing and the Center for Emerging Media buildings.2019 年，该校与瓦伦西亚西校合作在奥兰多市中心启用一处 15 英亩的校区，包含菲利普斯博士学术公共楼、联合西学生宿舍与新兴媒体中心等建筑。

• The 50-acre Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona includes the College of Medicine and the Burnett Biomedical Sciences Building and sits beside the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nemours Children's Hospital and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Institute.位于诺纳湖的 50 英亩健康科学校区包含医学院与伯内特生物医学科学楼，周边有伯纳姆医学研究所、退伍军人事务医疗中心、内穆尔儿童医院与 M.D. 安德森癌症研究所，使该片区成为一座医学城。

• The Rosen College of Hospitality Management occupies a 20-acre resort-style campus near the Orange County Convention Center on Universal Boulevard, and the two housing buildings it opened in 2005 accommodate 400 residents.罗森酒店管理学院在环球大道、奥兰治县会议中心附近拥有 20 英亩的度假式校区；该院 2005 年启用的两栋宿舍可住 400 人。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Central Florida is placed in the 731-740 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，中佛罗里达大学处于 731-740 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。^[1]

• It stands in the 551-600 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, is 394th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities and is placed in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校处于 551-600 区间，在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 394，在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 501-600 区间。

• In the 2025 U.S. News national rankings it was tied for 117th among national universities, tied for 57th among top public schools and tied for 15th among the most innovative schools.在 2025 年《美国新闻与世界报道》全美排名中，该校并列全美大学第 117 位、并列公立大学第 57 位，并在「最具创新力学校」中并列第 15 位。

• U.S. News ranked it ninth in the nation for online bachelor's programmes in 2025 and first for homeland and national security and emergency management programmes in 2026, the third consecutive year at the top of that list.《美国新闻与世界报道》2025 年把它列为全美在线本科项目第九，2026 年又在国土与国家安全及应急管理项目中位列全美第一，这是它连续第三年居该榜首位。

• Aviation Week Network ranked UCF the number one provider of graduates to the United States aerospace and defence industry, and ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects placed it first in the United States for transportation science and technology.《航空周刊》网络版把该校评为向美国航空航天与国防产业输送毕业生最多的高校；软科世界一流学科排名则把其交通运输科学与技术列为全美第一。

• Its athletics give it a national profile, with two claimed national titles, and it is one of only three schools in a power conference never to have won an NCAA title, since neither of its titles was awarded by the NCAA.其体育赋予其全国知名度，拥有两个自认的全国冠军；但因其两项冠军均非 NCAA 授予，它是主要联盟中仅有的三所未曾赢得 NCAA 团体冠军的学校之一。

• Outside athletics it is known for modelling and simulation, optics and photonics, hospitality management and space-related research, and metropolitan Orlando sustains the world's largest recognised cluster of modelling, simulation and training companies.除体育之外，该校以建模仿真、光学与光子学、酒店管理以及太空相关研究著称；奥兰多都会区拥有全球最大的获认可建模仿真与训练产业集群。

• Its economic impact was estimated at 26,000 jobs and 1.96 billion dollars of activity in 2009, rising to 46,000 jobs and 3.84 billion dollars when the Central Florida Research Park is included, and the College of Medicine was projected to add 30,000 local jobs.据估算，该校 2009 年的经济影响为 26,000 个岗位与 19.6 亿美元产值，若把中佛罗里达研究园一并计入则为 46,000 个岗位与 38.4 亿美元；医学院预计还将带来 30,000 个本地岗位。

• The misappropriation of state funds in 2018 and 2019 damaged its standing with the legislature and led to a fine of 120 per cent of the misused sum, and it has had over 140 million dollars cut from its operating budget since 2008.2018 至 2019 年的州资金挪用事件损害了该校在州议会的声誉，并使其被处以挪用金额 120% 的罚款；自 2008 年以来，其运营预算被削减逾 1.4 亿美元。

Student life

• Its student body consists of 61,456 undergraduates and 10,002 graduate and professional students together with 490 medical students, drawn from all 67 Florida counties, all 50 states and 157 countries.该校学生群体包括 61,456 名本科生、10,002 名研究生与专业学位学生以及 490 名医学学生，来源涵盖佛罗里达全部 67 个县、美国 50 个州与 157 个国家。

• Enrolment grew by more than 60 per cent this century, from 33,453 in 2000 to 64,318 in 2016, with graduate and professional students making up 11 per cent, women 55 per cent of the student body and nearly 20 per cent of the faculty from minorities.本世纪其在校生增长逾 60%，从 2000 年的 33,453 人增至 2016 年的 64,318 人；研究生与专业学位学生占 11%，女性占学生总数的 55%，近 20% 的教师为少数族裔。

• Its ten largest undergraduate disciplines are business management and administration, health professions, psychology, education, engineering, biology, interdisciplinary studies, computer and information sciences, hospitality and social sciences, and it runs study abroad programmes in 21 countries.其十大本科专业方向为工商管理、健康职业、心理学、教育学、工程学、生物学、跨学科研究、计算机与信息科学、酒店管理以及社会科学；该校在 21 个国家开设海外学习项目。

• Its admission rate for first-time-in-college freshmen fell from 61 per cent in the autumn of 2005 to 42 per cent for autumn 2020, when enrolled freshmen averaged 1320 on the SAT, 28.7 on the ACT and a weighted high school GPA of 4.18.其首次入学新生的录取率从 2005 年秋季的 61% 降至 2020 年秋季的 42%；2020 年秋季入学新生的平均 SAT 成绩为 1320 分、ACT 为 28.7 分、高中加权 GPA 为 4.18。

• Seventy-one per cent of undergraduates receive financial aid, 90 per cent receive scholarships through the Florida Bright Futures programme, and 335 National Merit Scholars enrolled for the autumn 2020 term.71% 的本科生获得助学金，90% 的学生通过佛罗里达「光明未来」项目获得奖学金；2020 年秋季有 335 名国家优秀学者入学。

• Tuition for 2020-21 was 212.28 dollars per credit hour for in-state undergraduates and 748.89 dollars for out-of-state students, with graduate rates of 369.65 and 1,194.05 dollars and medical school tuition of 25,490 dollars.2020-21 学年，州内本科生学费为每学分 212.28 美元、州外为 748.89 美元；研究生分别为 369.65 美元与 1,194.05 美元，医学院学费为 25,490 美元。

• Estimated annual costs were 22,284 dollars for Florida resident undergraduates and 38,949 dollars for non-residents, and about 8 per cent of tuition fees are allocated to support the university's athletic programmes.佛罗里达州居民本科生的年度估算费用为 22,284 美元、非居民为 38,949 美元；约 8% 的学费被划拨用于支持学校体育项目。

• Lake Claire is an on-campus lake with canoes, kayaks and pedal boats free to students, and the Recreation and Wellness Center that opened in 2002 is a 150,000 square foot building with a climbing wall of more than twenty routes.克莱尔湖是校内湖泊，向学生免费提供独木舟、皮划艇与脚踏船；2002 年启用的康乐与健康中心建筑面积 150,000 平方英尺，内设拥有二十余条线路的攀岩墙。

• Its Student Government is the largest in Florida and one of the largest in the United States, funding five campus departments from a multimillion-dollar budget and providing about one million dollars to nearly 600 registered student organisations out of more than 400 recognised bodies.其学生自治会是佛罗里达规模最大、全美规模最大的学生自治会之一，以数百万美元预算资助五个校内部门，并向近 600 个注册学生组织提供约 100 万美元经费。

• Greek life involves more than 3,000 students in over 45 chapters, its Interfraternity Council comprises 18 fraternities and its Panhellenic Council 12 sororities, and its Greek grade point average exceeds the university average.希腊社团生活涵盖 45 个以上分会、3,000 余名学生，其中校际兄弟会理事会下辖 18 个兄弟会、泛希腊理事会下辖 12 个姐妹会；希腊社团的平均绩点高于全校平均水平。

• KnightNews.com is the only digital student newspaper serving the university and operates without oversight from the administration, winning the College Press Freedom Award in 2016, while the print Central Florida Future was shut down in August 2016.KnightNews.com 是服务该校的唯一数字学生报纸，不受校方管理层监督，2016 年获得大学新闻自由奖；印刷版《中佛罗里达未来报》则于 2016 年 8 月停刊。

• Spirit Splash, held on the Friday before the homecoming game, is the one time each year students may enter the Reflecting Pond, a tradition begun in 1995 when Student Body President Miguel Torregrossa was pushed into it by a cabinet member.在返校节比赛前的周五举行的「Spirit Splash」是学生一年中唯一被允许进入倒影池的时刻；这一传统始于 1995 年，当时学生会主席米格尔·托雷格罗萨被一名内阁成员推进了池中。

• New students are told from orientation never to walk on the Pegasus seal in the centre of the Student Union's main floor, since tradition holds that those who step on it will never graduate, and Florida Leader named this the best college superstition in Florida in 2005.新生自入学导引起就被叮嘱切勿踩上学生活动中心主厅正中的珀伽索斯校徽——按传统说法，踩上去的人将无法毕业；《佛罗里达领袖》2005 年把这一习俗评为佛罗里达最佳大学迷信。

Notable people

• As of 2025 the university has over 380,000 alumni living in every United States state and more than 150 countries, among them two NASA astronauts, a former United States assistant secretary of state and a prime minister of Libya.截至 2025 年，该校有逾 38 万名校友分布在美国各州与 150 多个国家，其中包含两名 NASA 航天员、一位美国前助理国务卿与一位利比亚总理。

• Its alumni also include a chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, a director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a director of the United States Secret Service, along with members of the Florida Cabinet and Legislature.其校友还包括一位经济顾问委员会主席、一位国家侦察局局长与一位美国特勤局局长，以及佛罗里达州内阁与州议会的议员。

• Faculty have included the former United States ambassadors Harriet Elam-Thomas and Ulric Haynes, the former congressman Louis Frey Jr. and Ron Logan, a former vice president of Walt Disney Creative Entertainment.其教师包括美国前大使哈丽雅特·埃拉姆-托马斯与乌尔里克·海恩斯、前国会议员小路易斯·弗雷，以及迪士尼创意娱乐前副总裁罗恩·洛根。

• Other faculty have received the Pulitzer Prize and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, developed the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests and authored works in the Mathematical Circles and Political Analysis series.其他教师曾获普利策奖与珍妮特·海丁格·卡夫卡奖，开发了弗莱施-金凯德可读性测试，并撰写了「数学圈」与「政治分析」系列著作。

• Faculty affiliated with the Florida Space Institute have taken part in NASA missions including the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk mission, which made UCF the first university in Florida to lead a NASA mission.佛罗里达太空研究所的教师参与了包括「边缘与圆盘全球尺度观测」在内的 NASA 任务，这使该校成为佛罗里达首所主导 NASA 任务的高校。

• Among its presidents, Charles Millican was the first, appointed in 1965, Trevor Colbourn the second from 1978, John C. Hitt the fourth from 1992 to 2018, Dale Whittaker in 2018 and 2019 and Alexander Cartwright the fifth and current president from 2020.其历任校长包括 1965 年上任的首任校长查尔斯·米利肯、1978 年上任的第二任校长特雷弗·科尔本、1992 至 2018 年在任的第四任校长约翰·C·希特、2018 至 2019 年主政的戴尔·惠特克，以及 2020 年起在任的第五任、现任校长亚历山大·卡特赖特。

• Its coaching and sporting figures include Torchy Clark, who began the men's basketball programme in 1969, and Johnny Dawkins, who took the Knights to the 2017 National Invitation Tournament semifinals and the 2026 NCAA tournament.其教练与体育人物包括 1969 年开创男篮项目的托奇·克拉克，以及率骑士队打进 2017 年全国邀请赛四强与 2026 年 NCAA 锦标赛的约翰尼·道金斯。

• Aurieyall Scott won the 2013 NCAA indoor 60-metre title and Afia Charles became the programme's first Olympian when she ran the 400 metres for Antigua and Barbuda at the 2012 Summer Olympics.奥里耶尔·斯科特夺得 2013 年 NCAA 室内 60 米冠军；阿菲亚·查尔斯在 2012 年夏季奥运会上代表安提瓜和巴布达参加 400 米比赛，成为该项目首位奥运选手。

• Knightro, the mascot introduced at Spirit Splash in 1999, succeeded a jouster from the Medieval Times dinner show who had represented the Knights until that year, and the Citronaut remains a legacy mark used for alternate branding.1999 年在「Spirit Splash」上亮相的吉祥物「奈特罗」，接替了此前代表骑士队的「中世纪时代」晚宴秀马上枪术骑士；早期的「Citronaut」形象则作为传统标志保留于替代性品牌中。

• Its benefactors and namesakes include Charles Millican, Trevor Colbourn, John C. Hitt, Burnett and Rosen, whose names appear on halls, honours and hospitality colleges across the campus.其捐赠人与冠名者包括查尔斯·米利肯、特雷弗·科尔本、约翰·C·希特以及伯内特与罗森，他们的名字出现在校园的楼宇、荣誉学院与酒店管理学院之上。

• Its researchers have had seventeen asteroids named after them and found the planet UCF-1.01 in 2012, and its faculty contribute to the modelling and simulation community centred on the Central Florida Research Park.其研究人员中有 17 人拥有以自己命名的小行星，并于 2012 年发现行星 UCF-1.01；该校教师也为以中佛罗里达研究园为中心的建模仿真社群作出贡献。

• Notable connections also include the astronaut John Young, an Orlando native who spoke at the first commencement in 1970, and the state senator Beth Johnson, a principal backer of the 1963 bill that created the university.与该校相关的人物还包括航天员、奥兰多本地人约翰·扬——他在 1970 年首届毕业典礼上致辞，以及州参议员贝丝·约翰逊——1963 年创设该校法案的主要推动者之一。